Despite enduring a violent birthday
last Friday when he watched his wife snap and fatally gun down their two
daughters at their Texas home, then watch police kill his wife to end
her murderous rampage, Jason Sheats, 45, says he is drawing strength
from Jesus and his family.

On Wednesday afternoon after telling
local police that he would not be speaking publicly about the death of
his wife, Christy Sheats, 42, and his two daughters, Taylor, 22, and
Madison, 17, Jason posted Philippians 4:13 to his Facebook page.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," the Scripture says.

He turns to God not suicide.

He also posted a photo collage of his daughters in happier times. Photos of his late wife were visibly absent from his profile.

Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls told People that
when investigators sat down with the shaken father for an in-depth
interview on Tuesday, he told them he was being supported by his family
and his faith.

Jason Sheats and his late daughter Taylor Sheats, 22 and the grieving father and his youngest daughter Madison, 17 (inset).

"He was obviously in a lot of shock out at the scene," Nehls said. At the interview he was accompanied by his mother and a woman he called his "second mother." "He has some support from his family," Nehls said. "He said he's a Christian man."

It is unclear what church Jason and his family attended but his late wife Christy indicated on social media that she is Baptist. Both
Madison and Taylor will be laid to rest after a funeral at the Shelton
Funeral Home in Decatur, Alabama, on Saturday, July 2. Visitation will
be from noon to 2 p.m., when the service is expected to begin.

A representative who asked not to be
identified told The Christian Post Thursday that he had no knowledge of
the personal lives of the girls or their father, but said, "I can tell
you that the family has requested privacy for them."

It is still unclear when and where Christy Sheats will be buried.

Jason told police that his marriage to
Christy began a downward spiral in 2012 after her grandfather died and
she began treatment for depression. He said she had tried taking her
life three times before, was on medication and was also seeing a
therapist. The couple had also separated on previous occasions and had
most recently reunited.

Sheriff Nehls said Jason told
investigators that he and his wife had been texting Friday when he was
out. When he returned home that day he told her in their backyard that
he wanted a divorce. "This would be the last birthday that you are going to ruin," Jason told Christy, according to Nehls.

Jason
told police that when Christy called their daughters Madison, 17, and
Taylor, 22, in their living room for a family meeting, he thought she
would be discussing the decision to divorce. "She immediately
pulled the weapon out and pointed it at Mr. Sheats and wanted to blame
him: 'You made me do this, you're making me do this,'" Nehls said.

"We asked Mr. Sheats for a motive in his own words," Nehls said, according to NBC News. "He stated that he felt Christy wanted him to suffer."